--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Lisa" <viajo1964@...> wrote:
>
Is there any sort of law that says
> you have to allow them to do any more than ask you to leave either the table
> or the casino? I mean I would have said that I'm not going in any back room
> and I DEFINITELY would not have allowed them to take my picture other than
> the pictures they get with their security cameras..let me know if I'm off
> track here.
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Businesses have a general right to detain customers that they reasonably suspect of having committed a *crime* (shoplifting, stealing chips, etc.) until the police arrive. Card counting is clearly not a crime, therefore the casino has NO right to detain customers just because they suspect them of playing blackjack at a higher skill level than most of their other customers. Within the last 10 years or so there have been several fairly large judgements against casinos for false imprisonment and other related actions because they have decided to take counters to the "back room".
That doesn't mean the practice has stopped. Casino goons and some of their bosses seem to be slow learners. I suggest getting a book called "Beat the Players" for further reading on this subject. It will really open your eyes to a side of the industry that the casinos really don't want the public to know about.
EE
